WWE Slammed for Lazy Booking After Handing Goldberg Instant Title Shot

Goldberg’s shocking return to RAW and instant World Heavyweight Championship match against Gunther might have popped the crowd—but it’s not sitting well with longtime fans or wrestling insiders.

On Busted Open Radio, Dave LaGreca and Bully Ray ripped into WWE’s creative decision, calling it “lazy booking” and a slap in the face to anyone paying attention.

LaGreca couldn’t believe how easily Goldberg was handed a title shot, especially after WWE spent months showing how hard other stars had to work just to get in the conversation.

“Let me just get this straight, Bully… John Cena—one of the biggest babyfaces in pro wrestling history, Mount Rushmore of WWE—he comes back, enters the Rumble, fails. Enters the Elimination Chamber, fails. He has to sell his soul to The Rock to get a title shot at WrestleMania. That’s your story. R-Truth? Wrestles John Cena in a non-title match, gets low-blowed and pinned. Fired. Fans are outraged, he gets rehired, and still just wrestles Cena again in another non-title match. And then I’m watching RAW… Goldberg, who’s had five matches since 2020 and lost four of them, just walks out and gets a title shot against Gunther in July.”

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Then he hit harder, accusing WWE of slipping into bad habits that fans thought were gone with the old regime.

“This is lazy. It’s the last days of Vince McMahon creatively. Shame on WWE.”

Bully Ray echoed the frustration, focusing on how rushed and unearned the segment felt.

“The guy comes back and gets in Gunther’s face… the segment ends, and less than 10 minutes later we get a graphic and the match is official. Who made the match? Why did they make the match?”

He pointed out a major logic gap—Nick Aldis, who’s SmackDown GM, making a RAW title match—and slammed the lack of basic storyline explanation.

“Triple H once said he didn’t want to insult the intelligence of the WWE Universe. This insults the intelligence of the audience. This isn’t creative license. It’s just bad, lazy booking. They could’ve told a simple, logical story—even backstage—within one hour of TV. But instead, they rammed it down the fans’ throats and expect them to swallow it.”

With Triple H earning praise for tightening up WWE storytelling in recent years, this sudden move caught both fans and insiders off guard—and not in a good way.

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